Falmouth-raised Emmett Brennan’s ‘Reflection: A Walk with Water’ premiered this month at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Leslie Bridgers
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Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
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Tap Lines: Why a Mainer’s brewery tour of Asheville feels familiar, yet different
The North Carolina city has a lot in common with Portland but also plenty of its own character to discover.
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Society Notebook: Tournament stakeholders fete return of pro golf to Maine
The Live and Work in Maine Open on Tuesday held a dinner and an auction to benefit the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital.
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‘F9’ is under pressure to be the flick that revives moviegoing
Donna Langley, the Universal Pictures honcho who was one of the first studio leaders to delay a major movie over pandemic concerns, now has Hollywood’s hopes riding on that popcorn flick’s long-awaited arrival in theaters. “F9,” the latest installment of the Fast & Furious series, is a gut-churning visual spectacle of a film that has […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Theater review: ‘Spamalot’ hits right note for Ogunquit’s return
The zany movie-turned-musical, further adapted for pandemic times, is the first production to be staged in the playhouse’s new pavilion.
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Art review: Though influenced by many, David Driskell was one of a kind
His posthumous retrospective, ‘Icons of Nature and History,’ is up at Portland Museum of Art through Sept. 12.
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As theaters reopen, a crucial cinematic ingredient is back: the audience
WASHINGTON — “We’re home.” So goes the refrain during the rapturous final scene of “In the Heights,” which played at the Avalon Theatre for the cinema’s grand reopening last weekend. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s lyrics couldn’t have been more apt on that Saturday night, as longtime patrons hugged, fist-bumped and waved in the lobby of the elegant […]
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Deep Water: ‘Picking Strawberries With My Children In A Gentle Rain,’ by Frank Freeman
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Indie Film: What it’s like to go to the movies again
Let your comfort level guide you in choosing where and when you return to a theater.
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Bar Guide: State Lunch could be Maine’s cocktail capital
The Augusta restaurant makes good use of its well stocked and attractive bar.